Workshop Design and Delivery , Deborah Detzel / Wed.,6 / 27

The main steps:

1:Welcome and introduction
2:What is the observation?
3:Models of observation
4:Activity
5:Workshop feedback

First of all Baerbel introduced Mrs. Deborah Detzel as the presenter of the workshop. The observation (as defined by my colleagues) is a record or a remark of certain teachers for their lessons.

We were given some models of the observation. There was a Teacher Observation form included the lesson organization,Techniques Used, Assessment and Class Climate.

There many others (Tool 6 Foreign Language Observation Checklist, Tool 19 Cooperative Groups, Tool 5 Anecdotal and Checklist Data Collection Method, Tool 13 Variety of Instructional Methods and Tool 8 Observation Guide using Bloom's Taxonomy ).

There was an excellent workshop which we shared a lot of ideas all together and wrote them down on the chalkboard after discussion.Here's a sample:

1: Response to a problem observation:
- Figuring out why the teacher fell behind the curriculum.
- Adjust ideas by methodolgy.

2: Peer Teaching:
- Teaching / learning ways.
- Highlighting whatever should be done differently.
- Help teacher think outside the box ( an outside eye).
- Comparing both teaching approaches.
- Exchanging ideas.

3: Supervisory observation:
- Evalute teachers.
- Formal observations by supervisors.

4: Learning / Sharing observation:
- To improve / develop certain teachers.

Feedback on Teaching Strategies / Positive and Negative Comments

The questions and the results are here:
1: Materials and methods presented will be adaptable in our own country: 100 %
2: The presenter explained activities clearly: 100 %
3: The presenter involved the participants sufficiently: 100 %
4: The presented explained the goals of the workshop: 100 %

Everyone liked the presentation of the workshop, the discussion , the involvement of the class in the workshop and the smooth flow of ideas.

There were also some suggestions to have a real observation and if we can go over a little bit slower over the handouts:

• There was a question that if the informal observation has the same points of the formal one.
• There was someone who has a lot of questions for Mrs.Detzel so he'd like to observe from time to time.